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drawing-room (iou)



drawing-room noun & adjective. M17.
[Abbreviation of WITHDRAWING-room.]
A. noun.
Orig., a private room attached to a more public one. Now, a room where guests can be formally received and to which they can retire after dinner; a sitting-room. M17.
b. The company assembled in a drawing-room. M19.
c. A private compartment in a train. US. M19.
Hist. A levee; a formal reception, esp. at court. E18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Suitable for or characteristic of a drawing-room; esp. (of a story, song, play, etc.) distinguished by an observance of social proprieties; polite, restrained. M19.
drawing-roomy adjective E20.